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Early Years Level 5 Apprenticeship – Bournemouth

Salary Range
£24,523 - £25,771
£2,044 - £2,148 / mo

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Location Base
Bournemouth, England
Tier-1 UK Economic Zone
Est. Take-Home Pay
68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

£400 Welcome Bonus
About Tops Day Nurseries
With over 30+ Nurseries across the South West Tops Day Nursery prides itself in offering a happy, stimulating and secure environment for all children. We have recently won UK’s Most Prestigious Business Award, Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development. Tops Day Nurseries Have Become the First Day Nurseries in the UK to Achieve Certification as a B Corporation, which runs in 150 industries and 70 countries across the globe.
We are currently looking to recruit a Level 3 Childcare practitioner to join us at Tops Day Nurseries to complete the Level 5 Early Years Lead Practitioner Apprenticeship whilst working in one of our senior or room manager positions. This is a unique opportunity for an aspiring nursery practitioner to start their journey into early years leadership and management positions.
The fully funded Early Years Lead Practitioner programme will develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours to be proactive and influential, skillfully leading day to day practice at an operational level.
At Tops Day Nurseries we believe in an environmentally sustainable and socially responsible world for all. We aim to achieve this through educating the children of today, so that they in turn can influence the way future generations live.
We are the first children’s nursery chain in the UK to achieve B Corp accreditation, as well receiving UK’s most prestigious business award, the Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
Benefits:

  • A flexible option to work 4 days week
  • Up to 60% discount for Childcare within Tops Day Nurseries
  • 29 days annual holiday entitlement (pro rata)
  • Company pension
  • Staff welfare scheme
  • £400 Welcome Bonus

What you will learn?
Undertaking this apprenticeship will develop your ability to reflect and build on practice through on-going professional enquiry and action research.
Learning phases includes:

  • Leadership and management
  • Child development and theory
  • Pedagogy
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Health and safety
  • Equality, diversity, inclusion and SEN
  • Safeguarding
  • Partnership working

You will learn how to:

  • Support and promote children’s early education and development
  • Be responsible for supporting the quality of learning and development in their setting
  • Engage with sector developments both locally and nationally
  • Skilfully lead day-to-day practice at an operational level
  • Safeguard and promote the health, safety and welfare of children
  • Work in partnership with the key person, colleagues, parents and/or carers or other professionals
  • Gain a regulated recognised qualification that can be used to progress onto a Level 6 qualification with Anglia Ruskin University.

Minimum requirement:

  • Must have GCSE’s in English and Maths at Grade C (4) or above or able to achieve Level 2 English and Maths whilst on programme
  • Must have held a residency in the UK for the last three years
  • Must have Level 3 Early Years Educator or Equivalent Qualifications / Experience
  • Up to 60% discount for Childcare within Tops Day Nurseries
  • A flexible option to work 4 days week
  • Relocation packages available
  • Annual pay review
  • 29 days annual holiday entitlement (pro rata)
  • Company pension
  • Great career progression
  • Continuous in-house and external training opportunities
  • Regular supervisions
  • An eco-friendly company with BCorp accreditation
  • Uniform Provided

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £24,523.20-£25,771.20 per year

Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process

1

Application & Resume Screening

Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.

2

Technical & Competency Interviews

Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.

3

Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation

Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.

4

Onboarding & Corporate Integration

Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.

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Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.

🏛️ Settlement (ILR) Pathway

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Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Early Years Level 5 Apprenticeship – Bournemouth roles across Tops Day Nurseries's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:

1. Domain Competency

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2. Behavioral & Leadership

STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.

3. Compensation Alignment

Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £24,523 - £25,771 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.

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